Editing Continuing Anglican movement (section)

===Approaches and responses to the Roman Catholic Church===
{{see also|Personal ordinariate}}
One Continuing Anglican church body, the [[Traditional Anglican Communion]] (TAC), sought union with the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]. In 2004, Archbishop [[John Hepworth]] of the TAC reported that based on eight years of dialogue, Rome could recognize the TAC as an Anglican church in full communion with the Holy See.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2006 |title=TAC: Communion With Rome? |url= http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=38 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060525223700/http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=38 |archive-date=May 25, 2006}}</ref> In 2007, the TAC made a formal proposal to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] for admission into "[[full communion|full corporate and sacramental union]]" with that church in a manner that would permit the retention of some of its Anglican heritage.<ref>Hepworth, John. [http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=106 "Rome and the TAC"] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511035832/http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=106 |date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref> The Vatican announced on July 5, 2008, that it was giving serious consideration to appeals received from various Anglican groups seeking union with itself, observing that "the situation within the Anglican Communion in general has become markedly more complex".<ref>[http://www.themessenger.com.au/News/20080725.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119015128/http://www.themessenger.com.au/News/20080725.htm|date=January 19, 2010}}</ref> On October 29, 2009, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s intention to create a new type of ecclesiastical structure,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/24513.php?index=24513&po_date=20.10.2009&lang=en |title=Note of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith About Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering the Catholic Church |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091025070312/http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/24513.php?index=24513&po_date=10.20.2009&lang=en |archive-date=October 25, 2009}}</ref> called a "[[personal ordinariate]]", for groups of Anglicans entering into full communion with the see of Rome.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/17437/pope-benedict-approves-structure-for-admitting-large-groups-of-anglicans-into-catholic-church |title=Pope Benedict approves structure for admitting large groups of Anglicans into Catholic Church |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=October 22, 2009 |archive-date=November 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124032529/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17437 |url-status=live }}</ref> The initial response to this announcement was not entirely positive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swan |first=Michael |date=October 29, 2009 |title=Many questions to be answered in Catholic-Anglican union |url= https://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/9499-many-questions-to-be-answered-in-catholic-anglican-union |access-date=November 13, 2022 |website=CatholicRegister.org}}</ref>

On November 4, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI signed an [[apostolic constitution]], {{lang|la|[[Anglicanorum coetibus]]}}. The House of Bishops of the [[Anglican Church in America]] – the American province of the TAC – responded on March 3, 2010, voting unanimously to request acceptance under the personal ordinariate provision.<ref>
{{cite web |url= http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/03/tac-formally-requests-personal-ordinariate-for-usa/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100307052404/http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/03/tac-formally-requests-personal-ordinariate-for-usa/ |url-status= usurped |archive-date= March 7, 2010 |title=TAC Formally Requests Personal Ordinariate for USA |date=March 3, 2010 |work=The Anglo-Catholic |access-date=December 10, 2010 |quote=[...] the decision was made formally to request the implementation of the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus in the United States of America by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |last=Weatherbe |first=Steve |title=Anglo-Catholic Bishops Vote for Rome |work=National Catholic Register |date=March 14, 2010 |url= http://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/anglo-catholic_bishops_vote_for_rome/ |access-date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100313174543/http://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/anglo-catholic_bishops_vote_for_rome/ |archive-date=March 13, 2010}} The bishops voted to become part of the Roman Catholic Church along with 3,000 fellow communicants in more than 100 parishes in the United States.</ref> Within months, however, a majority of the eight ACA bishops made known their opposition to the move,<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13349 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005063254/http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13349 |archive-date=October 5, 2010 |title=Viewpoints: ABC Straddles Gay Fence; Two Anglo-Catholic Parishes Flee TEC; 4 TEC Dioceses Down |work=VirtueOnline: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism}}</ref> and the church declared its intention to remain a Continuing Anglican body.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2013 |title=Pastoral Letters |work=CCSJE.org |publisher=Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist |url= http://www.ccsje.org/?page_id=431 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130419001456/http://www.ccsje.org/?page_id=431 |archive-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Spaulding |first=Wallace H. |title=Differing Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) Reactions to Roman Inclusion |volume=Winter 2011 |pages=1–2 |work=The Certain Trumpet |url=https://anglicanchurches.net/fcc-content/The%20Certain%20Trumpet_Winter%202011.pdf |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902152410/https://anglicanchurches.net/fcc-content/The%20Certain%20Trumpet_Winter%202011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Difficulties with the conditions placed on TAC clergy and parishes, particularly in Canada, resulted in many in the [[Anglican Catholic Church of Canada]] to remain Anglicans.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Virtue |first=David |date=May 11, 2011 |title=TAC Primate Hepworth Writes Angry Letter Blasting Canadian Roman Catholic Archbishop Over Ordinariate |url=https://virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14361 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129165132/http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14361 |archive-date=November 29, 2011 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=virtueonline.org}}</ref>

The Most Rev. [[Mark Haverland]] (ACC) wrote a response to ''Anglicanorum coetibus'', declining to participate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2009 |title=News & Announcements |work=AnglicanCatholic.org |url= https://www.anglicancatholic.org/acc-response-to-rome.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091203125458/https://www.anglicancatholic.org/acc-response-to-rome.html |archive-date=December 3, 2009}}</ref> While the Most Rev. Walter H. Grundorf (APA) offered an initial cautious welcome of Rome's offer,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2009 |title=The APA Statement on the Vatican Announcement |url= https://philorthodox.blogspot.com/2009/10/apa-statement-on-vatican-announcement.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=PhilOrthodox}}</ref> there was no interest for the [[Anglican Province of America]] as an institution to join.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2009 |title=More Thoughts on the 'Roman Offer' |url= https://philorthodox.blogspot.com/2009/11/more-thoughts-on-roman-offer.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=PhilOrthodox}}</ref>

In 2012, the TAC College of Bishops met and formally accepted the resignation of Archbishop John Hepworth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Traditional Anglican Communion College of Bishops |work=AnglicanChurchOfIndia.com |publisher=[[Anglican Church of India]] |url= https://www.anglicanchurchofindia.com/for_immediate_release.pdf}}</ref> Archbishop John Hepworth was officially dismissed from the TAC College of Bishops on October 10, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tribunal: Archbishop John Hepworth |work=AnglicanChurchOfIndia.com |publisher=[[Anglican Church of India]] |url= https://www.anglicanchurchofindia.com/tribunal_archbishop_john_hepworth.php |access-date=April 16, 2023}}</ref>